Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodidae
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 04-04-2009 19:07
#1
Fly was about 2-3mm long, pictured in Tanzania.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 04-04-2009 19:42
#2
It is female of Medetera.
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 04-04-2009 19:49
#3
Thanks Nikita:)
Any idea of species?
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 04-04-2009 19:52
#4
I'm not expert, but you'd better find male. Medetera female is a problem even with European speces.
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 04-04-2009 20:25
#5
ok, Thanks
Another dumb question, which ones are males?;)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 04-04-2009 20:36
#6
Medetera males have a remarable genitalia!
Look at images here:
http://www.diptera.info/articles.php?article_id=12
Posted by Muhammad Mahdi on 04-04-2009 20:55
#7
Very informative article. Good pictures as well. I found this statement quite funny, ""I?ll do my best and I don?t much care whether the female refuses mating with me because she isn?t ready to or because she is a male or because it isn?t fly at all."" :D
Thanks Nikita